Disclaim
[dɪs'kleɪm] or [dɪs'klem]
Definition
(verb.) make a disclaimer about; 'He disclaimed any responsibility'.
(verb.) renounce a legal claim or title to.
Inputed by Allen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
(v. t.) To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
(v. t.) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
(v. t.) To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Disown, disavow, deny any knowledge of.[2].Renounce, reject, cast off.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CLAIM]
Checker: Spenser
Definition
v.t. to renounce all claim to: to refuse to acknowledge or be responsible for: to reject.—v.i. to give up all claim (with in).—ns. Disclaim′er a denial disavowal or renunciation; Disclamā′tion a disavowal.
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Examples
- I disclaim any personalities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The guests looked at the young man, but he hastened to disclaim any such abilities, and said that he had never even seen cotton-seed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Emma laughed and disclaimed. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Miss Bennet eagerly disclaimed all extraordinary merit, and threw back the praise on her sister's warm affection. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His being only a bystander was not disclaimed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It followed that the old man, Riah, as a good and serviceable friend to both, was not to be disclaimed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Elton began to think she had been wrong in disclaiming so warmly. Jane Austen. Emma.
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